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Recent Examples of urban legend
The story was a fabrication and was soon debunked, but has now been revitalized on TikTok (the urban legend was seemingly inspired by a similar scene from Mean Girls).
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
One of them is The Curve, also known as Dead Man's Curve, a thriller from 1998 inspired by the urban legend that a student will receive an A letter grade should their roommate die tragically.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
What to know about the Louisville urban legend Where did the Pope Lick Monster come from?
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2024
John Hsu To avoid getting kicked out of the underworld, a ghost joins a small haunting talent agency and sets out to become the scariest urban legend of them all.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
One of them is The Curve, also known as Dead Man's Curve, a thriller from 1998 inspired by the urban legend that a student will receive an A letter grade should their roommate die tragically.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
What to know about the Louisville urban legend Where did the Pope Lick Monster come from?
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2024
John Hsu To avoid getting kicked out of the underworld, a ghost joins a small haunting talent agency and sets out to become the scariest urban legend of them all.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
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What Experts Say About Mucinex and Fertility It's all based on hearsay and there are no recent studies showing Mucinex can boost fertility, experts say.Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Sep. 2024
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The evidence for the efficacy of most nootropic ingredients lies in a gray area somewhere between hearsay and the robust clinical trials used to approve pharmaceuticals.Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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In testing, Dyson's noise cancellation effectively muffled out most distracting sounds, including street noise, the rumble of subway trains, and music in a coffee shop.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The noises around me, the people, the cars, the children, everything disappeared with Tina.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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While rumors continue to circulate that Microsoft will finally dip its tech toes into handheld gaming next year, 2024 is still filled with enough Xbox sales on gaming peripherals to get any gamer going to the checkout.Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Pardi also sparked pregnancy rumors back in February, when he was seen rubbing his beau’s belly during a photo-op.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker, who is expected to go to trial soon for allegedly leaking a confidential civil grand jury report and lying about it, trailed far behind after Election night in his quest for reelection against political newcomer Kelly Cox.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Nevertheless, the backpack is a bit cheaper than the traveling case for the older Starlink dish.& Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Our round-up includes puns about sushi, burritos, bread, tea, donuts, and other favorite dishes.Fiona Tapp, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
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The celebrity break-up has, for a long time, been the coup de maître of tabloid and internet gossip.Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Tyka Nelson, Prince's only full sibling and a talented musician in her own right, has died at age 64.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The city faces a deep political divide on key policy questions, such as the extent to which the large police budget should be preserved over other city services in upcoming budget talks.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Fulwell 73, the company behind Hulu’s The Kardashians, and The SpringHill Company, which was founded by NBA legend LeBron James, are in talks to merge.Peter White, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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So after ditching it in 2021, Toyota took a few years to come up with a new Land Cruiser that does justice to the off-road intimations of the nameplate but also is approachable and mainstream in ways the old model never was.Dale Buss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Much of the success is owed to Russell’s immaculate lead performance, deftly blending momentous intimations via the smallest gestures, before turning on a dime to deliver big, boisterous, off-the-cuff outbursts.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20legend. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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